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Apr. 1, 2026

We're back with classical music reviews! Thank you all for the kind and supportive messages after the passing of James Manheim last October; they were very appreciated. We have got a couple of new writers we think are very good, and we hope you do as well. Among their first pieces is an evaluation of Hans Zender 's orchestration and elaboration of Schubert's Winterreise, sung by tenor Allan Clayton (pictured) with the Aurora Orchestra . Below are their initial reviews, plus some from one of our long-time staff editors, Keith Finke, who hopes to have more time to write this year as well.

March Classical Reviews

Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico - Carissimi: Jonas; Monteverdi, Lasso

Yang Bao - Madlands

Jan Bartoš, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Petr Popelka - Beethoven, Reicha: Piano Concertos

Berliner Philharmoniker - Brahms 1

Katie Bray, Murray Grainger, Marianne Schofield, William Vann - In Search of Youkali: Songs of Kurt Weill

Karina…